Update 4/18
Day #57
Today: Chesterfield, VA, to Glenn Allen, VA (37 miles)
Total miles: 3149
Tomorrow (plan): Glenn Allen, VA, to Fredericksburg, VA
We spent the first part of the morning talking with Tom, Ann, and Sam as we ate breakfast, and then we started pedaling at about 10:30 AM. It was a clear, warm morning, and it heated up as the day progressed. The ride across Richmond didn't turn out to be as daunting as we had feared, thanks to the recommended revisions to our route. It always pays to consult the locals about a route. We continued to see beautiful dogwood trees, and now we are beginning to see more red bud trees. In Georgia we thought we had seen the "mother of all magnolias," but Ann told us about another one along our route into Richmond. We checked it out, and we think it may definitely challenge the one in Georgia. The magnolias are not in bloom yet, but we have seen some huge trees on this trip. We arrived in Glenn Allen at 4:00 PM at the home of Irv Broocke, a West Point classmate, and his wife Phyllis. After talking about old times (we were assigned together in the Army at Ft. Leavenworth, KS, and Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD) we sat down to the great meal Phyllis had prepared. She is a member of a cooking group, and she loves to try new recipes; she definitely picked some good ones for this meal. After working on some journal updates and looking at the weather forecast, we called it a day.